Alexander EL Schulin

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Alexander Schulin (born March 7, 1965 in Gießen ) is a German theater director who primarily directs music theater and opera on stages in Germany and Europe.

After studying theater and opera directing at the University of Music and Theater in Munich with August Everding from 1987 to 1991, he initially worked from 1991 to 1998 as assistant director and stage manager at the Bavarian State Opera and the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin as well as at Salzburg Festival . His assistants to Patrice Chéreau in Paris , Berlin and Salzburg were particularly formative for him .

Musical theater productions

Since his staging of Mozart's Singspiel Zaide (world premiere of the arrangement by Irene Dische and Hans Magnus Enzensberger ) at the Hebbel-Theater Berlin (1996), Alexander Schulin has staged a wide range of works of opera literature. Particularly noteworthy is his cycle of “Italian women's operas” at the Verbundtheater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach 2000–2003 ( Madama Butterfly , Luisa Miller , Maria Stuarda and La traviata ) and his celebrated Wagner debut at the same theater ( Tannhäuser , 2004). Schulin was rather unhappy with the result of his work at the Maggio Musicale in Florence ( Eugen Onegin , 2000) and his debut at the Hamburg State Opera ( Un ballo in maschera , 2001), which he said was a "flop". However, he revised the same production for the Opéra National de Montpellier in 2004.

Schulin also had great success with the public and in the press with his productions at the State Theater in Nuremberg ( L'elisir d'amore , 2003 and Lucia di Lammermoor , 2005), in Kiel ( Don Quijote and Lázaro by Cristóbal Halffter , German premiere and world premiere , 2006 and 2008) and Dortmund ( Hoffmanns Erzählungen , 2006); several of his productions were also nominated for the best staging or production of the year in the annual critics' polls conducted by the specialist magazine Opernwelt .

Schulin's interpretation of Arrigo Boitos Mefistofele (2004) at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe is considered a milestone in the reception of this rather unknown work and became a triumphant success for him, his set designer Christoph Sehl and the ensemble. The Stuttgarter Zeitung wrote: “… Schulin tries the impossible in the most striking of the arts: subtlety. Like a Peter Brook of music theater, he overcomes poses and machinations and yet does not avoid the effects of the show… ”. His staging of Hindemiths Mathis der Maler in spring 2007 was also described by the press as “a great success” and the production (“a psychological relationship game with extremely precise personal guidance”) was an “eminently clever scenic realization”, an “amazingly exciting scene Solution of this rather brittle substance ”.

Schulin has been Professor of Dramatic Lessons and Head of the Institute for Music Theater at the Freiburg University of Music since the 2008 winter semester . In addition to his teaching activities, he devotes himself in particular to lesser-known works of music theater literature, for example the re-performance of Pergolesi's L'olimpiade at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. This directorial work provoked a divided echo. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote: “Alexander Schulin lets the […] singers poke around helplessly, develops unmotivated actionism in the arias and only has a plain joke. Finally, it is unclear whether the piece is any good or not. Only one thing is certain: the performance does not seek any connection to today. The evening wouldn't be worth mentioning if it were a letdown with the audience in terms of its quality. But it is not. The well-groomed boredom that takes place in Innsbruck for five hours is applauded without any boos. ”The New York Times, however, judged:“ Alexander Schulin's stylish production is alert to the opera's shifting moods and keeps the many arias dramatically lively without resorting to contrived action. He also made discreet use of humor, which if overused can ruin the mood of an opera seria. "

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  • University of Music Freiburg - Lortzing ABCD or The Voice of Nature , university project based on Der Wildschütz with students

2013

  • University of Music Freiburg - Chabrier L'ÉTOILE , university project with students
  • Freiburg University of Music / Freiburg Theater - Monteverdi Monteverdi 20.13 , university project with students
  • Wagner Festival Geneva - Wagner The Flying Dutchman Paris version from 1841

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard J. Brembeck: The pleasure of noble boredom. Is music theater on the way to pure culinary art? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. August 13, 2010, p. 11
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SURNAME Schulin, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulin, Alexander AE (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera director
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH to water